Press Release

*Connecticut Post, Connecticut - 6/28/98. *Westport News,
Connecticut - 7/10/98. *Los Angeles Times, California - 8/27/98. *Press
Journal, Vero Beach, Florida - 12/20/98. *"America's Best Beaches,
Stephen Leatherman, Costal Publications, P.O. Box 164, Paw Creek,
NC 28130-0164 - 1998. *Lapidary Journal - 6/99. *New Haven Register,
Connecticut - 7/28/99 & 8/1/99. *San Diego Union - Tribune, San Diego,
CA - 7/28/99. *Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut - 8/1/99. *Los
Angeles Times Magazine, California - 9/2/01. *The Day, New London,
Connecticut - 10/28/01. *Panorama Prospect, Gem & Mineral Club,
Colville, Washington - 11/01. *Columbia News Service, Columbia
University, New York - 1/02. *The New York Sun, New York, New York -
4/20/03. *Discovery Channel, The Beach - Aired 7/02. *The New York
Times, New York - 1/11/04. *Playboy Magazine, National - 03/04,
*Coastal Living Magazine - National 4/04

*National Referral Center of the Library of Congress. *National
Avocational Organizations Directory. *National Recreational Sporting
and Hobby Organization. *Maloney's Antiques & Collectibles Resources
Directory. *Encyclopedia of Associations. *BBC Radio, England.
*English Daily Telegraph Journal. * London Telegraph, England. *CBC
Toronto, Canada. *The Microscope. *Meriden Record Journal,
Connecticut - 8-9/87.*UD & E, Denmark - 10/88. *The Science Teacher
- 4/89. *Hartford Courant, Connecticut - 7/9/89. *New York Times, New
York - 1/11/91. *The New Haven Register, Connecticut - 1/13/92. *The
Day, New London, Connecticut - 1/20/93. *The Dini Petty Show, CFTO-
TV. *Canadian National Television, Toronto Canada - 2/7/92. *Norwich
Bulletin, Connecticut - 5/23/93. *Yankee Magazine, New Hampshire -
2/94. *Nic's News, Nickelodeon. *PBS National Television - 1996.